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Things to do in South West England

South West England, a region known for its picturesque landscapes and rich history, encompasses some of the most diverse and stunning areas in the United Kingdom. From the rugged coastlines of Cornwall to the historic cities of Bath and Bristol, the region offers a unique blend of natural beauty, ancient heritage, and vibrant culture. It is home to two World Heritage Sites: the Jurassic Coast, famous for its geological wonders and fossils, and Bath’s iconic Roman Baths and Georgian architecture. The South West’s varied landscape also includes the rolling hills of the Cotswolds and Exmoor National Park, providing endless opportunities for outdoor activities.

The region’s cultural tapestry is equally rich, with a strong tradition of music, art, and literature. It has inspired countless artists and writers with its enchanting scenery. The South West is also renowned for its culinary offerings, from fresh seafood in Cornwall to traditional cream teas in Devon. Festivals abound throughout the year celebrating everything from music and food to history and literature, making it a vibrant place to explore at any time. With its combination of natural beauty, historical sites, and cultural richness, South West England remains one of the UK’s most cherished destinations.

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Bristol Luggage Storage

Bristol Luggage Storage

Effortlessly Explore Bristol with Our Convenient Luggage Service! Once you place the booking, simply head to your chosen meeting point, where a friendly staff member will be ready to greet you. Show your ID or the confirmation email, and we'll securely store your luggage for the day. When you're ready to pick up your bags, return to the same meeting point. Present your ID or the confirmation email again, and your belongings will be quickly returned to you. This straightforward process ensures you can enjoy Bristol attractions and experiences without the hassle of carrying your bags. Our service is designed for your convenience, making your visit to Bristol more enjoyable and carefree. *Opening hours are usually until late at night, but you can always check them by clicking on the start times / opening hours below.
Price form: £5.90
Horrors of Falmouth Ghost Tour

Horrors of Falmouth Ghost Tour

A spooky-yet-upbeat ghost tour that aims to clue you up and creep you out. As you walk through the streets you'll hear stories to stir your emotions — some scary, some tragic, and some rather funny. The stories are about visitors — the shipwrecked sailors, the cannibals, the lost adventurers — who passed through these streets. Along the way there'll be musical accompaniment — a squeezebox to weave some atmosphere and give your imagination some help.
Price form: £10.00
Journey Through Winchester's Past

Journey Through Winchester's Past

Walk in the footsteps of the historical characters of Winchester's past: the Romans, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Oliver Cromwell, and Henry VIII Bring to life Winchester's great literary characters: Jane Austen, John Keats, Thomas Hardy, Sherlock Holmes, and King Arthur. Walk the streets of Winchester, with its mighty historical and literary characters. Groups limited to 10 Tour Starting Point: The Westgate. The medieval entrance to Winchester.
Price form: £12.00
St. Nicholas Market and Air Raid Shelter Walking Tour

St. Nicholas Market and Air Raid Shelter Walking Tour

Discover Bristol's biggest public Air Raid Shelter, explore the historic Old Town and experience the nation's No.1 covered market. Join us for an experience you'll never forget. Our local guides will take you on a unique tour from the height of Bristol's trading past through the swinging 60's to the city's vibrant present. Enjoy privileged access to subterranean passageways, roof top vistas, WW11 air raid shelters and rooms which once rocked to the best bands in the world. Once you've been fascinated and amazed, you'll be spoilt for choice with places to eat, drink and pick up the best local gifts to take back as a lasting reminder of your stay in Bristol.
Price form: £12.50
Guided relaxation and sound bath

Guided relaxation and sound bath

Choose from a 60-minute bath for £25 or 30-minutes for £15. Sound baths can be booked by individuals or groups and can be enjoyed by anyone, without the need to get wet! Nestling in the heart of the Spa Quarter in historic, Georgian Bath, the Soul Spa offers a retreat from the world for a wonderful experience of deep calm and relaxation in one of the city's oldest buildings. Your sound bath can be complemented with a treatment with one of our wonderful therapists, and bookings for couples or groups can be tailored to suit your needs.
Price form: £15.00
Shepton Mallet Prison Self-Guided Tour

Shepton Mallet Prison Self-Guided Tour

Shepton Mallet Prison is a World Class tourism experience that inspires people, educating, engaging and immersing visitors through a journey behind bars. Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote the history and heritage of Shepton Mallet Prison, by shining a light on prison life from the Jacobean era to the modern day. Visitors are given a unique and immersive prison experience combined with first class customer service. Shepton Mallet Prison was built in 1625 and closed in 2013, making it the countries oldest prison. with over 400 years of history behind its high walls, Shepton Mallet Prison is a must-see heritage site.
Price form: £15.00
Headphoned Tour: Discover Bath & Bridgerton with Music

Headphoned Tour: Discover Bath & Bridgerton with Music

Join our exciting tour of Bath with Bridgerton’s iconic filming locations! Promenade down the colonnades as our high tech headphones serenade you with music from the show, fans, and around Bath. Grab history by the hand as we teach you about the tantalising ways of Regency life, while walking through our World Heritage city. Our passionate and local guides will not leave you in the past with this fact filled upbeat tour. Imagine yourself as the diamond of the season as you visit Bath’s major landmarks of the Royal Crescent, Pulteney Bridge and The Holburne Museum. All while hearing the latest behind-the-scenes gossip and movie knowhow from a real Bridgerton fan.
Price form: £16.00
Fully Guided Bath Ghost Tours

Fully Guided Bath Ghost Tours

Bath Ghost Tours offer the very best ghost walk in the city of Bath. A mixture of fun, theatrics. historical fact and paranormal experiments, the whole family will love this tour. It is suitable for all age groups and as well as providing visitors with a highly entertaining night out in the city, this tour of the city of Bath by night is quite beautiful. It is the only tour on which guests are actively encouraged to take part in the stories and become involved in the experiments.
Price form: £16.00
Bath Tootbus Hop-on Hop-off Sightseeing Bus Tour

Bath Tootbus Hop-on Hop-off Sightseeing Bus Tour

Bath is a beautiful European city with stunning architectural buildings like The Royal Crescent, The Circus, Pulteney Bridge, Bath Abbey, and The Roman Baths. UNESCO has recognized Bath as a World Heritage Site. To fully experience Bath's unique charm, you can take the City Tour or The Skyline Tour, both of which are specially designed to showcase Bath's main attractions. The City Tour takes you to all the major tourist spots in the city centre like the Roman Baths, the Abbey, and the Theatre Royal Bath. You can even stop at Sally Lunn's, one of the oldest houses in the city, to try an original and delicious Bath Bun. After exploring the city centre, jump on The Skyline Tour to see the other side of the river Avon and admire the breathtaking views of the city. The tour takes you past Prior Park Landscape Gardens, The University of Bath, and the American Museum. You can choose to listen to our knowledgeable and enthusiastic local guide or use our multi-lingual audio commentary.
Price form: £19.97
Walking Tour of Bath with Blue Badge Tourist Guide

Walking Tour of Bath with Blue Badge Tourist Guide

This is a fantastic opportunity to be introduced to the World Heritage City of Bath by the UK's only qualified tourist guides. They are the internationally respected Blue Badge registered / fully insured / Institute of Tourist Guiding qualified guides. They will ensure you take away a full understanding of Bath, and show you the must-see highlights. The walking tour will be enjoyable, informative, interesting, entertaining, and historically correct!
Price form: £20.00
Bristol’s Darkest Secrets Tour

Bristol’s Darkest Secrets Tour

Calling fans of all things spooky! Do you love hearing wicked, twisted, and macabre tales from years gone by? Combine your love of frights and thrills with a historical tour of the hauntingly beautiful city of Bristol – with our ghost expert guide. A city renowned for its mystery, eery settings and secrets, our tour of Bristol will see your live tour guide bravely battle the country’s harsh elements and scary locations. Then you’ll go on a terrifying journey through Bristol where you’ll learn of wicked witches and ghosts that haunt the city and plague its castle. In fact, our immersive guides will make you feel as if you’re really there at the time, and allow you to soak up every chilling nook and cranny. Will you sense the presence of any ghosts or ghouls? So, what are you waiting for? Book our Bristol tour today to unearth some of the best kept and darkest secrets of Scotland.
Price form: £20.00
Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room - The Cell

Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room - The Cell

The Cell Escape Room is a fully immersive, state-of-the-art escape room experience, where you get to do the time without committing the crime! Experience the pulse racing, mind-manipulating, adrenaline-charged rush of ‘The Cell Escape Room.’ Includes, ​​Self-Guided Tour of Shepton Mallet Prison THE STORY Sentenced to 15 years for stealing £1million, you have hidden the money from the rest of your gang. Now you’re stuck in a prison cell with no way out! The inmates know what you have done, and they all want the money for themselves. Your only chance is to escape while the prisoners are on lockdown. With only 1 hour left until the lockdown ends, you must be fast and work out how to escape your cell.
Price form: £21.00
Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room - The Hole

Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room - The Hole

The Hole Escape Room is a fully immersive, state-of-the-art escape room experience, where you get to do the time without committing the crime! An adrenaline filled puzzle-based game set in a dark prison cell, known as The Hole. It’s guaranteed to test your wits as you work together to outsmart The Hole and escape, making your way to freedom. THE STORY You’re serving time behind bars, but have become tired of your sentence, you are clever, quick-witted and a notorious escape specialist. You have gained a reputation amongst Prison Officers for being difficult to detain, committing numerous escape attempts from your prison cell. Now the Governor has had enough. The transfer papers have been signed and you’re heading to the darkness; you’re heading to The Hole. The Hole is a specially designed prison cell, steel reinforced walls, electronic doors, and pitch black, The Hole is deemed inescapable. Once locked inside, escape is no longer an option.
Price form: £21.00
Guided Walking Tour of Bristol Old City and Harbour

Guided Walking Tour of Bristol Old City and Harbour

Walking around a city, whilst listening to a tour guide, is a perfect form of exercise. 1000 years of Trade and Industry made Bristol the UK’s second city. See the Cathedral, Banksy’s, Harbour, Docks, Georgian Square, Old Vic, ‘Bridge’, Castle site, Old City, corn exchange, markets, Guilds, Street Art, and Sugar House. We take a maximum of six people on our walk. Enjoy a 2-hour guided walk, circa 12,000 steps and 3-4 miles long, listening to interesting facts, colourful characters, history and anecdotes on the way. Each person has an audio receiver so they can here the guide above all the city noise. Join your guide, who having moved to Bristol in 1980, attended Bristol Poly (UWE), has lived, played rugby, worked off and on in the city for 40 years. He is continually researching the city as a hobby and wants to give something back to the place he adores. The style is interactive, flexible, light-hearted and personal. Nature breaks are limited, so please plan ahead.
Price form: £21.50
Bridgerton Walking Tour of Filming Locations & Storylines - Bath

Bridgerton Walking Tour of Filming Locations & Storylines - Bath

This is a BRIDGERTON film location tour from me, a long standing guide in Bath with 20 years of experience. We will see all of the following plus so much more. # Lady Danbury's house - The Duke in residence # The Featheringtons' abode # The Gunter's tea shop # Lady Dee's Hat Emporium # Modiste's dress shop # Siena's dwelling # The Market I INCLUDE A FUN QUIZ (optional) to see how much you have remembered. We promenade the cobbled streets of Bath cleverly disguised as Grosvenor Square London unfolding the story of BRIDGERTON with references to all the other locations used to bring the wonderful Regency story to life. I will include actual historical anecdotes to enhance this ADDED TV & OTHER FILMINGS IN BATH also mentioned. My tour guide delivery will be upbeat and entertaining, not just facts, hopefully to make your engaging and fun. Many photo stops will be possible during the tour as I fully explain the locations and where they appeared in BRIDGERTON
Price form: £22.00
Exceptional Bath tour guide making your visit splendidly memorable.

Exceptional Bath tour guide making your visit splendidly memorable.

A wonderful knowledge of Bath with over 20 years as a tour guide. The route includes Sally Lunn's The Abbey Green, The World Heritage centre, The Abbey fully explained. The old East Gate of the city. The Pulteney Bridge & River Avon ( boat trips) The Guildhal markret and the old delightful alleyways of Bath. Outside the old wall of city started the Georgian sector of Bath in the early 1700s We see Queen Square, passing the Jane Austen centre & the House of Frankenstein to the Assembly Rooms where they danced the night away. On to The Circus, my favourite part of Bath (lived there as a student) on to The No.1 address in Bath The Royal Crescent with all its history & film sets. We return through The Royal Victoria park with it stunning floral displays passing our excellent Theatre Royal . We finish by The Bath Thermae our newish bathing attraction fully informed about Bath leaving you free to explore further. The perfect way to see Bath NO YOUNG CHILDREN OR PUSHCHAIRS PERMITTED
Price form: £22.00
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